The newest Final Fantasy XIV artbook, Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward | The Art of Ishgard – Stone and Steel –, recently released in Japan. Thanks to a post on reddit, we get a look at some translated commentary from the book, as well as screenshots of the adorable Relm minion that comes as a redeemable code along with the artbook.

Here’s some of the commentary from the book, giving us a little information regarding the concepts and ideas behind the gear, characters, and enemies in the Heavensward expansion.

Y’shtola’s new outfit is more modern-looking because the Sharlayan have their “own sphere of culture.”

The Gnath were modeled after the Urutan-Yensa from Final Fantasy XII, but with more insectoid and Samurai-like features.

The Astrologian Esoterics gear was designed with mostly female characters in mind.

Additionally, the Monk Esoterics gear was inspired by Yang from Final Fantasy IV.

The design for the Paissa enemies called for eyes that never seemed to focus on anything.

Here’s a couple of screenshots that give us a better look at the Relm minion in-game.

Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward | The Art of Ishgard – Stone and Steel – artbook is available in Japan. The English version of the artbook is set to release in February 2016.